Comment on Ask HN: Crappy website design seems more trustworthy?parentComments−tyleo1yI agree with that example you just shared. I think I don’t view it as the same as your quote though:the more obvious effort that has been put into a thing's aestheticsI would consider that sign example to not be aesthetically pleasing. Maybe it’s more related to the ‘loudness’ of the aesthetics.There are a lot of simple text blogs on HN which is a great aesthetic, some with lots of thought to keep them simple. Thats the counterpoint IMO.−brailsafe1yThere's an idiom that describes this; "Putting lipstick on a pig".If a thing looks and feels great, and has something worth making so, then there's no issue at all.
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I agree with that example you just shared. I think I don’t view it as the same as your quote though:
I would consider that sign example to not be aesthetically pleasing. Maybe it’s more related to the ‘loudness’ of the aesthetics.
There are a lot of simple text blogs on HN which is a great aesthetic, some with lots of thought to keep them simple. Thats the counterpoint IMO.
There's an idiom that describes this; "Putting lipstick on a pig".
If a thing looks and feels great, and has something worth making so, then there's no issue at all.